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P5 (I think this is the right term) have veto power in the security council. I dont see this passing any time soon... http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nat

P5 (I think this is the right term) have veto power in the security council. I dont see this passing any time soon... http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_veto_power http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Counc...

mhurron 14y ago
Not every resolution or action by the UN goes through the Security Council. If it doesn't have a military angle to it the Security Council has nothing to do with it. This is an action by the ITU, the US's veto power in the Security Council means nothing here.
gradys 14y ago
While the P5 (US, UK, France, Russia, and the PRC) have veto power on the Security Council, they don't necessarily have veto power in the body discussed in the article. Theoretically, the Security Council could pass a resolution to stop the lower body from doing this, but that resolution would be subject to P5 veto power. The fact that is most likely to prevent this from being an issue is that the decisions of this ITU body are probably not binding, and the content providers will just ignore them unless governments actually try to enforce this.
- stock_toaster 14y ago
  Interesting. I thought resolutions from the body at large had to be vetted by the security council before they became 'ratified' by the UN as a whole. Thanks for the clarification.
nikcub 14y ago
the ITU has absolutely nothing to do with the UN Security Council edit: the comment below about 'lower body' in the UN (I believe he is referring to the General Assembly) also has nothing to do with the ITU for the ITU to adopt a resolution it needs to be approved by a simple majority of present members (while meeting quorum, which is half of the 172 members). This isn't the first time they have debated silly proposals. previous ideas that didn't pass include requiring all internet users to register, allowing governments to filter the internet and to be able to implement a 'kill switch'. none passed.

mhurron 14y ago

Not every resolution or action by the UN goes through the Security Council. If it doesn't have a military angle to it the Security Council has nothing to do with it. This is an action by the ITU, the US's veto power in the Security Council means nothing here.

gradys 14y ago

While the P5 (US, UK, France, Russia, and the PRC) have veto power on the Security Council, they don't necessarily have veto power in the body discussed in the article. Theoretically, the Security Council could pass a resolution to stop the lower body from doing this, but that resolution would be subject to P5 veto power. The fact that is most likely to prevent this from being an issue is that the decisions of this ITU body are probably not binding, and the content providers will just ignore them unless governments actually try to enforce this.

stock_toaster 14y ago
Interesting. I thought resolutions from the body at large had to be vetted by the security council before they became 'ratified' by the UN as a whole. Thanks for the clarification.

nikcub 14y ago

the ITU has absolutely nothing to do with the UN Security Council edit: the comment below about 'lower body' in the UN (I believe he is referring to the General Assembly) also has nothing to do with the ITU for the ITU to adopt a resolution it needs to be approved by a simple majority of present members (while meeting quorum, which is half of the 172 members). This isn't the first time they have debated silly proposals. previous ideas that didn't pass include requiring all internet users to register, allowing governments to filter the internet and to be able to implement a 'kill switch'. none passed.